#E8C045#E8C045

#E8C045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.144 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C045
RGB	rgb(232, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 70.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, 1.70, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 64.45, 88.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0012 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.144 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2054, 55.2880, 13.4983)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C045 #456DE8

analogous

#E86F45 #E8C045 #BFE845

triadic

#E8C045 #45E8C0 #C045E8

tetradic

#E8C045 #45E86F #456DE8 #E845BF

square

#E8C045 #45E86F #456DE8 #E845BF

split-complementary

#E8C045 #45BFE8 #6F45E8

monochromatic

#9F7D14 #D5A81A #E8C045 #EFD27B #F5E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E8C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E8C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C045

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C045	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.144 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d27f',
    500: '#e8c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c045;
$custom-light: #f3d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 77.99,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82145,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C045

secondary

#2F4CA2

accent

#63F433

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C045

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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